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• Severe Injuries Linked to Levaquin

  Scott Kappes | July 28, 2008 4:08 PM | 23 CommentsHouston, TX

  Levaquin is and antibiotic medication that was recently given a “black box” warning from the FDA. Levaquin is in a class of antibiotic medications known as fluoroquinolones that are used to...

• Class I Recall Issued for Digitek Tablets

  Scott Kappes | April 28, 2008 6:36 PM | 12 CommentsHouston, TX

  Today the Actavis Totowa LLC in conjunction with the FDA issued a Class I recall of all Digitek tablets. Digitek is used to treat abnormal heart rhythms and heart failure;...

• Fatal Houston Crane Accident Raises Concern Over Lax Regulations

  Scott Kappes | July 22, 2008 1:34 PM | 8 CommentsHouston, TX

  As many will already know a massive crane collapse on Friday left four workers dead. Yet another to add to the growing list of fatal crane accidents that have occurred over the last several...

• “Black Box” Warning Issued for Levaquin and Cipro

  Scott Kappes | July 14, 2008 5:11 PM | 5 CommentsHouston, TX

  Last week the FDA announced that fluoroquinolone antimicrobial drugs, like Levaquin and Cipro, would now carry the agency’s strictest warning. Antimicrobial drugs are used to treat or prevent...

• FDA and Pfizer Ignored Doctor’s Concerns Over Chantix

  Scott Kappes | June 12, 2008 6:05 PM | 3 CommentsHouston, TX

  Over the past several months concerns involving the prescription smoking cessation medication Chantix have been mounting. In the last quarter of 2007 the FDA received nearly 1000 reports of...

• Taser Maker Loses First Wrongful Death Case

  Scott Kappes | June 09, 2008 11:44 AM | 3 CommentsHouston, TX

  Over the past several years the use of taser guns by police officers has increased exponentially. Thousands have people have been injured and over 300 have died after being shocked with police...

• Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Pre-Teen Murder Case

  Scott Kappes | April 16, 2008 10:53 AM | 3 CommentsHouston, TX

  Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the appeals case of a South Carolina adolescent that was sentenced to 30 years in prison without the possibility of parole, at the age of 12,...

• Hydrocodone in Unapproved Drugs

  Scott Kappes | October 02, 2007 11:52 AM | 3 CommentsHouston, TX

  Friday the FDA posted a warning to healthcare professionals and consumers about the presence of hydrocodone in certain unapproved drugs. Hydrocodone is a powerful narcotic painkiller and cough suppressant and has been of the most commonly abused drugs out there. Abuse can lead to serious injury and even death in some cases. It has been reported to the FDA that several cough suppressants not...

• Medical Errors Claim 200,000 Lives Each Year

  Scott Kappes | August 11, 2009 3:03 PM | 2 CommentsHouston, TX

  Experts estimate that 98,000 people die each year from preventable medical mistakes and an additional 99,000 patients die each year from hospital acquired infections. A highly publicized report...

• Former VA Secretary Turned Lobbyist, Questioned VA About Chantix

  Scott Kappes | July 09, 2008 6:01 PM | 2 CommentsHouston, TX

  A new report from the Washington Times today claims that former Veterans' Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi called on his friends at the VA for answers concerning Pfizer’s smoking cessation...